Fire and Fury: Transforming India’s Strategic Identity
Fire and Fury: Transforming India’s Strategic Identity by Anil Kakodkar, Suresh Gangotra In March 2006, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, visited India to finalize the landmark civil nuclear deal between the two countries. But far from the hum of expectations, the US negotiating team...
Read MoreStrengthening innovation in MSME industries and Engineering Colleges: Experience with a pilot experiment in Maharashtra
Background The MSMEs in India have been making a very large contribution to employment and exports. However, in majority of cases, their ability to continuously rejuvenate their technology and remain competitive over long periods has been an issue, primarily due to lack of resources (finance, knowledge, in house...
Read Moreदर्जेदार व सर्वंकष उच्च शिक्षण : शाश्वत विकासाची गुरूकिल्ली
भारता सारख्या महाकाय लोकसंख्येच्या देशांत तरुणाईचे असलेले सर्वात अधिक प्रमाण ही इतर सर्व देशांना हेवा वाटावा अशीच गोष्ट होय. सध्याच्या ज्ञान युगात तर, ज्ञानामुळे मानवी क्षमतेत प्रचंड वाढ शक्य असल्याने, भारताची संभाव्य क्षमता साऱ्या जगाला हेवा वाटावा अशीच आहे. अर्थात देशाची ही संभाव्य क्षमता पूर्णत: प्रत्यक्षात यायची तर, ऊकृष्ट...
Read MoreSome recommendations to new Government (Energy Sector)
The challenge of ensuring India’s energy security has become critical as a result of growing energy demand to meet aspirations of people and depleting earth resources. The problem is compounded by the need to shift to clean energy resources to address climate change concerns. India thus urgently needs to...
Read More“Addressing issues of energy self-sufficiency in a growing energy demand scenario”
India’s energy supply basket currently is dominated by imported energy. Indications are that the energy import bill would rise rapidly both on account of increasing energy demand as well as volatility in energy prices. We import most of our oil needs and a good part of our gas needs....
Read More“India needs to take proactive steps to accelerate deployment of nuclear energy both within the country and outside”
Concerns related to global warming are getting intense with every passing day. Desirable goal of limiting warming to within 1.50 C above pre-industrial levels seems nowhere in sight and is likely to be breached sooner than later. There is increasing evidence that without a significant contribution from nuclear energy,...
Read MoreMOA for Smt Kamla Kakodkar Endowment Fund signed with SNDTWU
Dr. Anil Kakodkar Prof. Jayashree Shinde Prof. Rita Sonawat Dr. Janhavi Gangal Smt. Kamala Kakodkar Endowment Fund for Research and Teacher Education at Pre-Primary and Primary Education level has been established at SNDT Women’s University through a donation made by Dr. Anil Kakodkar and Dr. Janhavi Gangal...
Read MoreGopalpur CILLAGE
I am glad that concept of the CILLAGE has now taken roots at Shri Vithal Education and Research Institute (SVERI) at Gopalpur near Pandharpur. The Gopalpur CILLAGE has following elements: The Rural Human and Resource Development Facility (RHRDF) set up there has now become a self-sustainable training, demonstration,...
Read MoreNurturing innovation culture in our education environment
Innovation is not just about putting forth a new idea, but rather taking that idea to its logical end that culminates in bringing value to targeted beneficiaries. Inculcation and nurturing a spirit of innovation is in fact critically important for a nation to lead in creation of technology products...
Read MoreDemonstrations for promising Solar Thermal technologies
Solar Thermal technology can become competitive when deployed through large capacity plants because of higher conversion efficiency of turbine generator plants coupled with higher thermodynamic efficiency when energy is available at high temperatures as well as cheaper thermal energy storage. More importantly this technology can be indigenous with much...
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